1 "At that time there shall arise Michael,
the great prince, guardian of your people; It shall be a time unsurpassed in
distress since nations began until that time. At that time your people shall
escape, everyone who is found written in the book.

2

2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the
earth shall awake; some shall live forever, others shall be an everlasting
horror and disgrace.

3

But the wise shall shine brightly like the
splendor of the firmament, And those who lead the many to justice shall be like
the stars forever.

4

"As for you, Daniel, keep secret the
message and seal the book until the end time; many shall fall away and evil
shall increase."

5

I, Daniel, looked and saw two others, one
standing on either bank of the river.

6

One of them said to the man clothed in linen,
who was upstream, "How long shall it be to the end of these appalling
things?"

7

3 The man clothed in linen, who was upstream,
lifted his right and left hands to heaven; and I heard him swear by him who
lives forever that it should be for a year, two years, a half-year; and that,
when the power of the destroyer of the holy people was brought to an end, all these
things should end.

8

I heard, but I did not understand; so I asked,
"My lord, what follows this?"

9

"Go, Daniel," he said, "because
the words are to be kept secret and sealed until the end time.

10

Many shall be refined, purified, and tested,
but the wicked shall prove wicked; none of them shall have understanding, but
the wise shall have it.

11

From the time that the daily sacrifice is
abolished and the horrible abomination is set up, there shall be one thousand
two hundred and ninety days.

12

Blessed is the man who has patience and
perseveres until the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.

13

Go, take your rest, you shall rise for your
reward at the end of days."

2 [2] The first Israelites who have
fallen (⇒ Daniel 11:33-35) shall awake, that is,
rise to live forever. A resurrection of the wicked as in later, Christian
teaching (⇒ John 5:28-29) is implied here if the
others are included in the many; but cf ⇒ Isaiah
66:24.

3 [7] A year, two years, a half-year:
see note on ⇒ Daniel 7:25. The author's perspective
is the end of Antiochus, and beyond, the final consummation of all things.